69 Parisienne wire burning smell

ABC123 · Uber Guru

69 Parisienne wire burning smell

Pontiacanada · A Poncho Legend!

Do you have a ammeter gauge in the car?

ABC123 · Uber Guru

Pontiacanada wrote:
Do you have a ammeter gauge in the car?

No, this is the lowest cluster without a clock.

The tester I used under the hood shows normal function at idle for both the regulator and the Alternator.

I wont be able to get back to the car until Sunday so I was hoping for some clues to look for.

seventy2plus2 · Canadian Poncho Superstar!

Here's a few things to check.

1. You've mentioned the Alternator light a couple times. With the key in the on position (not started, just in the on position), is the Alt light on? It should be.

2. Does the Alt light go out when you start the car?

3. Does your fuel gauge work at all?

4. Are the other idiot lights and dash light working?

5. Are the headlights / signal lights / tail lights / brake lights working?

6. Are the fuses in the fuse block the proper amperage?

Where I'm steering you is to find out what's not working, and go from there.

Now I'm going to ask my usual question: "Do you have a service manual for your car?" The service manual includes wiring diagrams.

ABC123 · Uber Guru

The Alt light would light up brightly on start and dim but stay on.

All other electrical operations work well.

Not that I have many.

All fuses seem to be correct and operational.

One note, The "de-optioned" car seems to have an add on interior light system that plugs in to the acc on the fuse panel.

This system is in very poor condition and stayed on a lot so I disconnected it.

I removed the regulator and checked ground and found it to be a newer replacement part and it smelled burnt.

I spent the afternoon searching for a new voltage regulator.

This is the old style

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